The Barn At Moor Hall - West Lancashire

My experience at The Barn for Sunday lunch was so enjoyable that when I received an email announcing Christmas Day bookings were available, I immediately made a reservation. While the prices were not cheap, the experience was absolutely amazing. The only small suggestion I have is that I noticed on New Year's Eve diners were given a glass of fizz upon arrival, which I think would have been a nice touch for the Christmas Day meal as well. Overall, this was the best Christmas lunch I've ever had. The staff were all fantastic, and each dish was exceptional. I give this restaurant a five-star rating. Thank you to the staff for making our day so special; it was truly appreciated.

Absolutely magnificent dinner for two. The turbot was the best main course my husband has ever had and the Christmas pudding ice-cream dessert was the best pud I have ever eaten, Ever! Our third visit this year and we will be back in 2024. Thank you to all the team

Ok… I have deliberated whether to write this as don’t like to be negative but I think this place can take it so here goes… My husband booked a meal as a Christmas pressie this as I have always wanted to go to a michelin star restaurant and this is quite local to us. We arrived at The Barn which is quite basic in appearance as the downstairs looks like several saunas due to the amount of wood on show. Upstairs was nice and attractive. The staff are efficient but the whole set up is bit ‘cold’ and unfriendly. The staff were not particularly engaged; maybe this is how they were trained to be? The food consisted of amuse bouche which tbh didn’t really taste of much and this was a theme for the whole menu unfortunately. The homemade bread was delicious but the other offerings were tasteless and needed seasoning. -trout mousse in a lemon broth, including pips, was tasteless and the mussel mousse on pikelet didn’t taste of mussels. anyhow on to the main event-we ordered partridge -chewy and tasteless, the cured sea bream not seasoned sufficiently. The meals looked delicious-style over taste? Then the mains-my deer was tender and delicious but the sauces didn’t taste of much-I had to check the menu to see what they were meant to be. My husband ordered the steak-now at £62 this should have been SOME steak- what a shame it wasn’t -it was just a sirloin, bit chewy, not that great. Deffo not worth £62 of taste! It wasn’t caramelised on the outside and abit sinewy. The bone marrow bearnaise sauce was tasty though. Now I like cooking, I like food , I cook fresh meals every night but I’m not a chef. My first experience of food at this level… I will stick to local restaurants WITHOUT michelin stars at a fraction of the price -tbh I prefer my own home cooked meals! Is this a case of the emperors new clothes? Do people just think it’s good because they are told by someone else it’s fantastic? I’m disappointed in the experience at The Barn. Bit of a wash out and I will be asking for a meal at Bistro Verite in Birkdale next Christmas probs at a fraction of the price!

Having eaten more than once at Moor Hall, we wondered whether we'd be disappointed by the Barn. But far from it: it fully deserved its Michelin star rating. Delicious and beautifully presented food with stand out flavours from start to finish (including an amazing gingerbread fudge petit four) and a stunning South African pinot noir. Lots of home grown produce, but no excessive reliance on foraged ingredients or melodramatic flourishes. One tiny criticism: the Christmas pudding ice cream was well on the way to melting by the time it reached us. But that was trivial in the overall scheme of things. Amazing value for £45 a head. And lovely staff.

A lovely experience for a family linch. We all ate from the festive menu which was very good value and substantial for three courses. The food was excellent, service very good and the sommelier was outstanding and a pleasure to talk to. We put the sommelier to work as wanted wines that would go with various dishes and she was exceptional, highly knowledgeable, friendly and really interested in what we thought. Lots of fantastic recommendations. Wonderful experience and we had a fantastic time. The food was very high quality and beautifully presented. We all enjoyed the fine details and the flavours were beautifully balanced. Congratulations to everybody involved and we can’t wait to return. Thank you to everybody who looked after us.